Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/September/September 18

• 1876 – Birth of James Scullin, ninth Prime Minister of Australia, in Trawalla, Victoria
• 1979 – Dr David Tonkin elected Premier of South Australia.
• 1981 – Dale Buggins Australian motorcycle Stuntman died in Melbourne.
• 1999 – In a shock result, Steve Bracks and the Labor Party form a minority government with three rural independents to oust the ruling Liberal/National coalition government of Jeff Kennett in Victoria.